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Dad

  I turned 35 on February 28th. I had been having a hard time with this birthday for some reason, turning 30 didn't really affect me but for some reason, 35 seemed so old... or maybe it was a premonition of what was to come.   We didn't have too many plans for the day so we decided to head down to Trader Joe's, I'd been wanting to check it out. I called Dan while we were on our way, he wished me a happy birthday, I asked if dad had gone to work today (he had hurt his back and hadn't been feeling well) , he looked out the window and saw that his car was still there and said that he must have called in again, I said I'd call him later.   We got to Trader Joe's and Dan called back just as I was putting Aspen in the cart, he asked me to  come over right away, I asked if it was serious, he said "yes, come now", I said "I'm on my way". We hopped back in the car with a knot in my stomach and started driving. Brian called me back a few m